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These Are the Races That Top Your Bucket List

These Are the Races That Top Your Bucket List

A lot of you really, really want to go to the Isle of Man.

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Porsche Penske Motorsport Reveals Track-Hungry 963 GTP Hypercar

Porsche Penske Motorsport Reveals Track-Hungry 963 GTP Hypercar

Porsche's IMSA- and WEC-ready hypercar salutes the brand's successful sportscar racing roots in full black, red and…

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Let's Rewatch the Gut-Wrenching, Unbelievable Finish of Le Mans 2016

Let's Rewatch the Gut-Wrenching, Unbelievable Finish of Le Mans 2016

This has to be the greatest motorsport upset of the 21st century.

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Full 62-Car Le Mans 24 Entry List Ready For June

Full 62-Car Le Mans 24 Entry List Ready For June

This will be the first "normal" Le Mans in three years

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This Impeccable Roadster Is A Rare American Le Mans Homologation Special

Car BuyingFound for Sale

This Impeccable Roadster Is A Rare American Le Mans Homologation Special

The Cunningham C-3 Cabriolet is a 1 of 25 Le Mans homologation special.

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Mercedes Streeter

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IMSA To Revive GTP Name For Top Prototype Class

IMSA To Revive GTP Name For Top Prototype Class

In 2023, GTP will refer to both LMDh and LMH prototypes competing in the top class

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1/30/22 10:00AM

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Porsche's 962 Restoration Is The Ultimate Pandemic Project

Two-time Le Mans winner Hans-Joachim Stuck has been reunited with the car he drove to victory.

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10/12/21 11:49AM

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Very Good Car Alert

Very Good Car Alert

The Peugeot 905 took a winning Group B rally team, mixed in F1 design, and built one of Le Mans' greats.

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Le Mans May Move To August To Allow Attendees Time To Get Vaccinated

Le Mans May Move To August To Allow Attendees Time To Get Vaccinated

It is expected that the Automobile Club de l’Ouest will announce this week the postponement of its blue riband 24…

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Bradley Brownell

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The Aston Martin AMR1 Was A Race Car That Beat All The Odds Just To Exist

The Aston Martin AMR1 Was A Race Car That Beat All The Odds Just To Exist

Nowadays we’re simply festooned with all sorts of mid-engine Aston Martin news. Valkyrie this, Valkyrie that. But…

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Michael Ballaban

12/25/19 4:03PM

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Seasons Greetings! I’d like to welcome you all back to another year’s edition of Group C-smas, where I, as the newest Chosen member of the Jalopnik team, will be helping Mike Ballaban and Raph Orlove share some of our favorite memories from the era of Group C (and GT1!) endurance racing during the ‘80s and ‘90s.…

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12/25/19 8:45AM

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A Tiny Rule Change Has Allowed Rotary Engines At Le Mans Again

A Tiny Rule Change Has Allowed Rotary Engines At Le Mans Again

In 1991, a rotary-powered Mazda won the 24 Hours or Le Mans. By 1992, rotary engines were no longer allowed to race…

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12/12/19 7:00PM

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The Peugeot 905 Still Sounds Better Than Any Le Mans Prototype Racing Today

The Peugeot 905 Still Sounds Better Than Any Le Mans Prototype Racing Today

There was a brief moment in the early 1990s when all of the major manufacturers building prototype cars to race at…

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Here's All The Modern Tech Hiding In A 800 HP 1989 Sauber-Mercedes Le Mans Car

Here's All The Modern Tech Hiding In A 800 HP 1989 Sauber-Mercedes Le Mans Car

The Mercedes-powered Sauber C9 is a legend in endurance racing, taking the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans overall win and…

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Car CultureNostalgia You Can Taste

Car CultureNostalgia You Can Taste

When Mercedes Battled Jaguar Battled Nissan Battled Toyota Battled Porsche Battled Mazda Battled Aston Martin at Le Mans

This year’s Le Mans marked a Celica-filled win for Toyota overall. It was a historic back-to-back victory (one in…

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The Mightiest Four-Cylinder Toyota Ever Made

This 2.1-liter mill won endurance and sprint prototype races, touring car races and hillclimbs.

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12/25/17 10:31AM

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This Enormously Powerful Mercedes Racer Sounds Like NASCAR On Steroids

You ever wonder what a race-bred, almost 1000-horsepower, twin-turbo Mercedes 5.0-liter V8 sounds like? It sounds…

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Michael Ballaban

12/25/17 9:06AM

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Listen To The Howl Of The Doomed Mercedes Flat-12 Engine

The 3.5 liter, 640 horsepower Mercedes ‘M291' 180-degree 12 cylinder engine died twice: first when it repeatedly…

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How Group C Died

Group C was one of the greatest eras in racing history, producing the fastest cars to ever run the legendary 24…

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12/25/16 7:34PM

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Just Sit Back And Enjoy Ten Straight Minutes Of Group C Le Mans Racing

Just Sit Back And Enjoy Ten Straight Minutes Of Group C Le Mans Racing

The 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans was a landmark race, if for nothing else that it was the last year that the monstrous…

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Michael Ballaban

12/25/16 3:30PM

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